a high-pitched musical instrument of the recorder family having six or eight finger holes
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flag•eo•let
(flaj′ə let′, -lā′),USA pronunciation n.
fla•geo•let (fla zhô le′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lets (-le′).USA pronunciation [French.]
- Music and Dancea small end-blown flute with four finger holes in front and two in the rear.
- Music and Danceany fipple flute.
- Vulgar Latin *flabeolum, derivative of Latin flāre to blow2) + -et -et
- French, spelling, spelled variant of Old French flajolet, equivalent. to flajol flute (
- 1650–60
fla•geo•let (fla zhô le′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -lets (-le′).USA pronunciation [French.]
- Foreign Termsa green baby lima bean.
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the pale green immature seed of a haricot bean, cooked and eaten as a vegetable
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